A police sergeant sprayed Mace in the eyes of Mr. Brown, who released the boy and then struck the sergeant with the lamp, they said.

During a face-off between the kitchen and the living room, the inspector said, the officers sprayed Mace in the man's face, but he kept threatening them.

She said that one of the officers began pushing her father as they tried to escort him from the apartment, and then sprayed Mace in his face.

When they sprayed Mace in his face, he said, 'You're going to have to kill me now.'

Neighbors said they saw children jumping on cars, police spraying Mace, and both sides throwing bottles.

"You can watch videotapes of police outside the fence spraying Mace in violation of orders," Mr. Kuby said yesterday.

She sprayed Mace in his face.

Mr. Wells said the police detained several people, including himself, by spraying Mace and throwing people to the ground.

Jail officials sprayed Mace on seven inmates yesterday at the Bronx House of Detention to put down a protest in the maximum-security area, a spokeswoman said.

He sprayed Mace in Ms. Middleton's face, the police said, and punched her in the stomach.